This is not a normal letter. I have thought long and hard about what could be the next step to prevent another short-term election and at the same time restore Parliament to its rightful place as our premier democratic institution. As you read my letter bear in mind that my Maternal Grandad was a personal […]

ooooops… It seems to me that I should have made a couple of comments about the human interactions that helped make this two week journey more special. I am not going to reveal any names in order to protect the innocent (isn’t that what Sgt Friday used to say on Dragnet?) But rather I will […]

Good times — a way to avoid elections… Finally found a way to avoid all the election talk. I took a two week vacation that included three BC Lions football games and two visits to the Stratford Festival (saw R+J & Finally There’s Sun as well as the two parts to Three Tall Women). And […]

Oh no, I am sad…This will be a short note as it’s Labour Day and one is supposed to celebrate labour and instead I am bemoaning a loss… Canada is once again losing a technological innovation and masterpiece… when I wore a younger man’s clothes there was a group of high tech geniuses who invented […]